Thread by @MSS3RosaFerreum

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage I agree that "[f]amily, domestic and sexual violence is a major health and welfare issue" (aihw.gov.au/reports/domest…), but your claim, @SimoneMesk, that "men are largely the perpetrators" (

https://twitter.com/SimoneMesk/status/1368286096128311296

) seems to conflict with other studies.

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage Consider "Intimate terrorism by women towards men: does it exist?" by Denise A. Hines and Emily M. Douglas published in July 2010 in Volume 2, Issue 3, of the _Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research_ (available at www2.clarku.edu/faculty/dhines…).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage "Research showing that women commit high rates of intimate partner violence … against men has been controversial because [intimate partner violence] is typically framed as caused by the patriarchal construction of society and men’s domination over women" (Supra, p. 36).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage "The results of this study indicate that the adherence to the theory that patriarchy is the foundation of [intimate terrorism] in Western, developed nations deserves reconsideration."

2 Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research 54 (2010).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage The "study shows the existence of male victims of female-perpetrated [intimate terrorism]. These men sustained very high rates and frequencies of psychological, sexual, and physical [intimate partner violence], injuries, and controlling behaviours" (Supra, p. 54).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage Note "Differences in Frequency of Violence and Reported Injury Between Relationships With Reciprocal and Nonreciprocal Intimate Partner Violence" by Daniel J. Whitaker, Ph.D.; Tadesse Haileyesus, M.S.; Monica Swahn, Ph.D.; and Linda S. Saltzman, Ph.D. (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage "Differences in Frequency of Violence and Reported Injury Between Relationships With Reciprocal and Nonreciprocal Intimate Partner Violence" was published in May 2007 in Volume 97, Issue 5, of the _American Journal of Public Health_ (available at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage This study "sought to examine the prevalence of reciprocal (i.e., perpetrated by both partners) and nonreciprocal intimate partner violence and to determine whether reciprocity is related to violence frequency and injury."

97 Am. J. Public Health 941 (2007).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage This study found "that among relationships with nonreciprocal violence, women were the perpetrators in a majority of cases, regardless of participant gender… [and] …both men and women reported a larger proportion of nonreciprocal violence perpetrated by women…" (Supra, 944).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage This study also found "relationships with reciprocal violence resulted in more frequent violence (by women only) and a greater likelihood of injury caused by both male and female perpetrators."

97 Am. J. Public Health 945 (2007).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage Consider "Rates of Intimate Partner Violence in the United States" by John Schafer, Ph.D.; Raul Caetano, M.D., Ph.D.; and Catherine L. Clark, Ph.D., published in November 1998 in Volume 88, Issue 11, of the _American Journal of Public Health_ (link: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage The study found "5.21% [as the lower bound] and 13.61% [as the upper bound] for male-to-female partner violence, 6.22% and 18.2 1% for female-to-male partner violence, and 7.84% and 21.48% for any partner-to-partner violence."

88 Am. J. Public Health 1703–1704 (2007).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage "Lower-bound estimates were calculated by counting only those violent behaviors that both partners reported or agreed on. Upper-bound estimates were formed by counting violent occurrences that either partner reported, whether corroborated or not" (supra, pp. 1703–1704).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage This 1998 study was authored before it became clear that women were as violent as women, in fact, are (which took further research—such as above—to demonstrate) and the actual raw data supports, in general, greater amounts of domestic violence perpetrated by women against men.

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage In case @SimoneMesk tries to delete her tweet (archive.ph/E8XAX).

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage Well, @SimoneMesk concedes on all points in light of her blocking instead of responding to the data.

Didn't expect such an easy win.

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage @threader_app, please compile.

@Firebird_psych @Gaea56998567 @SimoneMesk @claudius_cruz @sarah__lenard @bairdjulia @smh @theage @threadreaderapp, please unroll.